10-18-2016, 09:30 AM
Jared left the store he was currently in, a strange feeling prickling at him. He didn't understand what was going on. He had felt something similar to this before although he couldn't place it. Everything within him told him to run; that he needed to get somewhere quickly. It was like a soldier's sixth sense, although this one didn't feel dangerous.
Jared resisted the urge to run. Instead he walked, keeping his eyes open for whatever was causing this feeling as he racked his brain trying to figure out where he had felt this before.
He moved to an intersection and a woman ran into him...
A beautiful woman, her arm holding on to his...
Darkness...utter darkness...surrounding a man
Pain...terrible pain
Gasping...clawing for life...a bright light...
The woman above him...with child...
Jared was brought back to the moment seconds later. The woman had fallen backwards. Jared offered her a hand and asked, "Are you okay?"
When she looked up, he recognized her and something clicked into place. This was Emily Shale. He had seen her picture once in Sierra Leone, and that is when he had felt the feeling before. Somehow he knew it. Somehow they were connected.
Jared had seen enough fear to know that is what she felt. At least at some level. Perhaps she had experienced what he had when they had touched. The images meant nothing to Jared although they felt familiar.
Emily rejected his hand, standing up on her own. "I'm fine,"
was all she said as she took a step back. Yes - there was fear there.
"I'm sorry,"
he said. "For running into you."
The woman looked at him with bright green eyes. There was a question behind those eyes. Jared found himself wanting to stay with her - to ask her to coffee or something. It wasn't something he ever did after meeting someone for the first time, but at the same time, he felt as if he had known Emily his whole life.
"It's fine,"
Emily said, after a moment's hesitation. "The fault was mine.
For a moment the two stood there looking. Both not understanding what kept them from moving away from each other.
Jared resisted the urge to run. Instead he walked, keeping his eyes open for whatever was causing this feeling as he racked his brain trying to figure out where he had felt this before.
He moved to an intersection and a woman ran into him...
A beautiful woman, her arm holding on to his...
Darkness...utter darkness...surrounding a man
Pain...terrible pain
Gasping...clawing for life...a bright light...
The woman above him...with child...
Jared was brought back to the moment seconds later. The woman had fallen backwards. Jared offered her a hand and asked, "Are you okay?"
When she looked up, he recognized her and something clicked into place. This was Emily Shale. He had seen her picture once in Sierra Leone, and that is when he had felt the feeling before. Somehow he knew it. Somehow they were connected.
Jared had seen enough fear to know that is what she felt. At least at some level. Perhaps she had experienced what he had when they had touched. The images meant nothing to Jared although they felt familiar.
Emily rejected his hand, standing up on her own. "I'm fine,"
was all she said as she took a step back. Yes - there was fear there.
"I'm sorry,"
he said. "For running into you."
The woman looked at him with bright green eyes. There was a question behind those eyes. Jared found himself wanting to stay with her - to ask her to coffee or something. It wasn't something he ever did after meeting someone for the first time, but at the same time, he felt as if he had known Emily his whole life.
"It's fine,"
Emily said, after a moment's hesitation. "The fault was mine.
For a moment the two stood there looking. Both not understanding what kept them from moving away from each other.